Delivery Order DOCDG133E06CQ0030-DOCDG133E06CQ0030T097

This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, operating as Research and Sponsored Programs. The $355,311 grant is for research to improve the accuracy of subseasonal forecasts (10 days and beyond) by developing a 3D winds product. The proposed effort aims to adapt and expand an existing 3D winds algorithm to leverage additional satellite data...

This is a $131,953 grant awarded by NASA to the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to improve the assimilation of aerosol-affected radiances into numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. The objective is to incorporate comprehensive aerosol information from UAH's Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition (SPORT) Center into the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) to better simulate infrared radiances affected by dust aerosols. This research aims to reduce errors in the...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $2.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), operating as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), to implement algorithms and data products for operational use under the COSMIC-2 task order. Boston College will serve as a subcontractor to support these efforts. Funding comes from NOAA under the Department of Commerce. As the lead agency...

This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Global Atmospheric Technologies And Sciences, Inc. (GATS), a for-profit aerospace company, for the development and testing of a prototype Doppler Wind and Temperature Sounder (DWTS) sensor. The goal is to advance the DWTS technology, which uses gas filter correlation radiometry to measure atmospheric winds and temperatures, to a high technology readiness level in preparation for future space-based...

This federal contract award is for the design and development of a multiple-channel sensor system operating in the 15-micrometer spectral range for weather forecasting applications. The contract was awarded to Global Atmospheric Technologies And Sciences, Inc., a small business aerospace company that focuses on remote sensing and atmospheric science. The contract is part of the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program, specifically Phase II, and has a firm fixed-price structure with a...

This federal grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, supports research on data assimilation techniques to enhance the predictability of extreme weather events and soil moisture dynamics. The $299,467 grant aims to develop new variational data assimilation methods that can better account for non-Gaussian errors, observational outliers, and systematic biases in weather and...

This is a $300,369 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Utah for research to assimilate data from the NASA Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) satellite and the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) into the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) new-generation non-hydrostatic global forecast model. The goal is to improve the prediction of tropical convection and associated weather phenomena. The research...

This is a $515,496 grant awarded by the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSC) to The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) to conduct research aimed at improving the analysis, prediction, and understanding of tornadic thunderstorms. The ultimate goal is to leverage advanced ensemble-based data assimilation techniques to efficiently integrate satellite-based observations from the newly launched GOES-R satellite, along with other conventional and remote-sensing data sources,...

This is a $119,999.99 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park to extend their initial successful work in assimilating Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) precipitation data. The key objectives are to: A) Compare IMERG and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) data, B) Use a higher resolution Global Forecast System...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the Department of Commerce, to Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc., a small business. The $120,000 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a portable 3-dimensional variational (3DVAR) data assimilation module for NOAA's operational forecasting systems. The work is being performed in Barnstable, MA and the contract has a completion date of...